Jebus dandy delolly.
We actually won.
I know, I know - we're as shocked as you are. I'm still a little exhausted from celebrating with all the groupies and the coke, but I'll tell you - it was a pretty wild ride. The amazing thing is that EVERYTHING that possibly could have gone wrong during our set went wrong. A few lowlights:
- Early in the set, Nate whacked himself off the face and was slowly streaming blood from the bridge nose.
- Some weird shooting pain attacked Mike's right wrist midway through the set, making it excruciatingly painful for him to grip his drumstick.
- The screw holding my bass strap on decided to pick the middle of the third song to pop the fuck out, rendering it useless. I spent the the last choruses of "Wait Wait" on my knees singing into a very low mic stand, blowjob style.
When I got up from my knees, I was unable to continue the set. I was fully prepared to do a 20-minute impromptu standup comedy act while Mike, Nate and Keith played atmospheric music behind me (it's happened in rehearsal, so I wasn't too worried). Luckily, the good people in the band Taxpayer handed me their bass and saved Scamper's set. It was unbelievably nice of them. In fact, all three of the bands with whom we played (Mach 5 and Plan B being the other two) were the nicest, most gracious people with whom we've ever shared the stage.
After the show but before the winner was announced, I was talking to the other Scamper members and we were commenting how genuinely happy we would be for whoever was going to win. They were all just great bands with great bunches of guys. I'm not even bullshitting or asskissing or whatever. Quality human beings all around.
A lot of bands I've talked to have had bad experiences in the Rumble, with other bands backbiting and trying to sabotage each other. I went in to the first round with two goals: to play the best show we could and to foster a positive environment playing with the other bands. Check plus on both counts. The fact that we won is a bonus (of course), but I would have walked out of there with the exact same feeling even if we hadn't. I swear. We just couldn't have asked for a better Rumble experience.
Of course, you guys in the audience were off the fucking scale terrific. We felt so much love and support from you - your fun and energy carried us through a very stressful and difficult set. So thank you guys so much - once again, we are in complete awe of you.
And we get to do it all again next week. See you in the semis, bitches.
More important than all this self-congratulatory Rumble bullshit - happy birthday to Scamper's better half, Alena! We don't deserve someone as amazing as you as our band wife.
We actually won.
I know, I know - we're as shocked as you are. I'm still a little exhausted from celebrating with all the groupies and the coke, but I'll tell you - it was a pretty wild ride. The amazing thing is that EVERYTHING that possibly could have gone wrong during our set went wrong. A few lowlights:
- Early in the set, Nate whacked himself off the face and was slowly streaming blood from the bridge nose.
- Some weird shooting pain attacked Mike's right wrist midway through the set, making it excruciatingly painful for him to grip his drumstick.
- The screw holding my bass strap on decided to pick the middle of the third song to pop the fuck out, rendering it useless. I spent the the last choruses of "Wait Wait" on my knees singing into a very low mic stand, blowjob style.
When I got up from my knees, I was unable to continue the set. I was fully prepared to do a 20-minute impromptu standup comedy act while Mike, Nate and Keith played atmospheric music behind me (it's happened in rehearsal, so I wasn't too worried). Luckily, the good people in the band Taxpayer handed me their bass and saved Scamper's set. It was unbelievably nice of them. In fact, all three of the bands with whom we played (Mach 5 and Plan B being the other two) were the nicest, most gracious people with whom we've ever shared the stage.
After the show but before the winner was announced, I was talking to the other Scamper members and we were commenting how genuinely happy we would be for whoever was going to win. They were all just great bands with great bunches of guys. I'm not even bullshitting or asskissing or whatever. Quality human beings all around.
A lot of bands I've talked to have had bad experiences in the Rumble, with other bands backbiting and trying to sabotage each other. I went in to the first round with two goals: to play the best show we could and to foster a positive environment playing with the other bands. Check plus on both counts. The fact that we won is a bonus (of course), but I would have walked out of there with the exact same feeling even if we hadn't. I swear. We just couldn't have asked for a better Rumble experience.
Of course, you guys in the audience were off the fucking scale terrific. We felt so much love and support from you - your fun and energy carried us through a very stressful and difficult set. So thank you guys so much - once again, we are in complete awe of you.
And we get to do it all again next week. See you in the semis, bitches.
More important than all this self-congratulatory Rumble bullshit - happy birthday to Scamper's better half, Alena! We don't deserve someone as amazing as you as our band wife.
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Never a doubt in my mind. Congrats on the win, the rock, and the happy, shiny vibes.
You guys deserved the win. You brought the roof down!
Hope you like the pictures. :-)
---==> Christobal
What's a rumble without a few battle scars? You guys were awesome.
And Happy Birthday to lovely Alena!
CONGRATS guys!...wish I could have been there....hopefully next week...you have accomplished so much & keep getting better & better...keep on rockin' & Happy Birthday Alena
That's great, because now I still get the chance to see you at a Rumble show.
Seriously, though, I'm proud of you guys!! This is truly awesome news. When's round 2?
I may have a Nate-and-Stacy-leaving-me-a-voicemail-and-forgetting-to-hang-up-related podcast mp3 to send you soon...
Thanks for all the good wishes, all.
As far as I know, we're on the Friday April 14 semifinal show, but I don't think we've gotten official confirmation of that yet.
Since Taxpayer played first they also became officially the 200th band we've played with.
Thanks for a great birthday present, guys! I haven't been this excited since... I can't even remember. Last night was truly thrilling. You totally deserved it.
"Since Taxpayer played first they also became officially the 200th band we've played with."
Wow! That's very impressive, sir.
---==> Christobal
You guys were amazing, as always, but I think that it's an even sweeter win with all the crap that went wrong, ya know?
You deserve greatness. I mean that honestly. I know it sounds cheesy as hell, but you guys are all so awesome and talented. You deserved this win, and you deserve more.
Good luck, and hopefully I'll see ya's next week!!!
Congratulations, Scamper! I must have sensed your big news from southeast Asia; as if by instinct I wore my Scamper t-shirt today (albiet the old-school porno style one). Several Thai shopkeepers have asked me what the heck it means. Anyway, keep rocking! And Happy Birthday, Alena.
Cheers,
E
I may have a Nate-and-Stacy-leaving-me-a-voicemail-and-forgetting-to-hang-up-related podcast mp3 to send you soon...
umm...uh-oh. haha
stupid new phone that i don't know how to use yet.
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